Maybe it's me.

 

Maybe it's me.
Maybe I never learned how to belong
the way other people do.
Maybe I missed the part
where friendship comes naturally,
where connection doesn't feel like chasing.
Sometimes I wonder
if it's all in my head
if I'm just imagining the distance,
the way their eyes flick past me,
the way I shrink without meaning to.
But what else can I do?
I show up.
I try.
I stay open,
even when it hurts.
And still,
I always end up right here
back in my own silence,
wondering what I did wrong
this time.

Selena Miller

Source: Selena Miller writes on Facebook
The loneliness of healing

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